Resources for Rehabilitation

7th Edition

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that enable people
with disabilities and chronic
conditions to remain independent!

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In a landmark report, the U.S. Surgeon General declared
that mental illness is a public health problem of great magnitude.
Both the public and professionals hold misconceptions about mental disorders.
The
Mental Health Resource Guide is designed to help individuals who are
mentally ill, their families, and health professionals understand the issues
surrounding mental illness and find services and advocates that can help.
The book provides information about treatments in current use, medications,
laws that affect individuals who are mentally ill, employment, and the
needs of children and elders. The effects of mental illness on the
family and caregivers are also addressed. Chapters on anxiety disorders,
depressive disorders, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and substance abuse
include information about causes, diagnosis, and treatments as well as
descriptions of helpful organizations, publications, and tapes. Includes
e-mail addresses and Internet resources.2001 ISBN-0-929718-27-5$39.95 plus shipping and handling

"...authoritative... will add value to
professional health care collections and public libraries."
Library Journal

This book includes a wealth of information about where
to go and what to read in order to make informed, rational, medical decisions.
The book describes a plan for obtaining relevant health information and
evaluating medical tests and procedures, health care providers, and health
facilities. Each chapter includes extensive resources to help the reader
get started. Chapters include Getting the Information You Need to Make
Wise Medical Decisions; Locating Appropriate Health Care; Asking the Right
Questions about Medical Tests and Procedures; Protecting Yourself in the
Hospital; Medical Benefits and Legal Rights; Drugs; Protecting the Health
of Children Who Are Ill; Special Issues Facing Elders; People with Chronic
Illnesses and Disabilities and the Health Care System; Making Decisions
about Current Medical Controversies; Terminal Illness.

Second edition 2001
ISBN 0-929718-29-1

$42.95 plus shipping and handling

"It is refreshing to find a source of practical
information on how to proceed through the medical maze...this should
become a popular resource in any public, hospital, or academic library's
consumer health collection."
Library Journal

"The book is very, very good.There's
so much information, it's definitely worth buying."
A health care consumer

The most comprehensive resource guide available on
the most common disabling conditions, including spinal cord injury, low
back pain, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, hearing and speech impairments,
visual impairment and blindness, and epilepsy.

Each chapter includes information about the disease
or condition; psychological aspects of the condition; professional service
providers; environmental adaptations; assistive devices; and descriptions
of organizations and publications. Information on rehabilitation services,
independent living, self-help, laws that affect people with disabilities
and making everyday living easier. Special information for children is
also included. Includes e-mail addresses and Internet resources.

Fifth edition 2002 ISBN
0-929718-30-5

$56.95 plus shipping and handling

"..wide coverage and excellent organization
of this encyclopedic guide...recommended..." Choice

"...useful for medical and social work professionals...an
excellent guide for families and caregivers." Reference Books
Bulletin/Booklist

"Sensitive to the tremendous variety of needs
and circumstances of living with a disability."
American Libraries

"an excellent resource for consumers and professionals..."
Journal of the American Paraplegia Society

This unique book addresses the special needs
of women with disabilities and chronicconditions,
such as social relationships,sexual functioning,
pregnancy, childrearing,caregiving, and employment.
Special attention is paid to ways in which women can advocate for their
rights with the health care and rehabilitation systems.

Written forwomen in all age categories,
the book haschapters on the disabilities that are
mostprevalent in women or likely to affect the roles
and physical functions unique to women. Included are arthritis, diabetes,
epilepsy,lupus, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis,
andspinal cord injury. Each chapter also includes
information about the condition, service providers, and psychological aspects
plus descriptions of organizations, publications and tapes, and special
assistive devices. This new edition includes e-mailaddresses
and Internet resources.

Fourth edition 2003 ISBN 0-929718-33-x

$46.95 plus shipping and
handling

Chosen by Library Journal a book of outstanding
quality and significance: "...this excellent, empowering resource
belongs in all collections."

"...crucial information women need to be informed,
empowered, and in control of their lives. Excellent self-help information...
Highly recommended for public and academic libraries." Choice

"...a marvelous publication...will help women
feel more in control of their lives." A nurse who became disabled

Written to fill the void in the literature regarding
the special needs of men with disabilities, this book includes information
about men's responses to disability, with a special emphasis on the values
men place on independence, occupational achievement, and physical activity.
Information on finding local services, self-help groups, laws that affect
men with disabilities, sports and recreation, and employment is applicable
to men with any type of disability or chronic condition.

The disabilities that are most prevalent in men or
that affect men's special roles in society are included. Chapters
on coronary heart disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis,
prostate conditions, spinal cord injury, and stroke include information
about the disease or condition, psychological aspects, sexual functioning,
where to find services, environmental adaptations, and annotated entries
of organizations, publications and tapes, and resources for assistive devices.
Includes e-mail addresses and Internet resources.

Although elders constitute the greatest proportion
of individuals with disabilities, they are an underserved population. This
book provides information that enables elders, family members and other
caregivers, and service providers to locate appropriate services. Published
in LARGE PRINT, the book includes information about rehabilitation, laws
that affect elders with disabilities, and self-help groups.

Chapters on hearing loss, vision loss, Parkinson's
disease, stroke, arthritis, osteoporosis, and diabetes also provide information
on organizations, publications and tapes, and assistive devices.
Each chapter that deals with a specific disability or condition has information
on the causes and treatments for the condition; psychological aspects;
professional service providers; where to find services; environmental adaptations;
and suggestions for making everyday living safer and easier. Also
included are practical suggestions to prevent accidents and information
about aids for everyday living, older workers, falls, travel, and housing.
Includes Internet resources and e-mail addresses.

An extremely valuable self-help guide that provides
people with sight loss due to macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic
retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, and other conditions the information
they need to keep reading, working, and enjoying life. The only LARGE PRINT
(18 point bold type) comprehensive guide to services and products that
help individuals with vision loss.

Chapters on self-help groups, making everyday living
easier, and special information for children, elders, and people with both
vision and hearing loss. Information on laws that affect people with vision
loss, including the ADA, and high tech equipment that promotes independence
and employment. Includes e-mail addresses and Internet resources.

This resource guide provides essential information
that enables people with disabilities to obtain their rights in the workplace,
including information about government programs and laws such as the Americans
with Disabilities Act, training programs, supported employment, transition
from school to work, assistive technology, and environmental adaptations.

Chapters on hearing and speech impairments, mobility
impairments, and visual impairment and blindness describe organizations,
adaptive equipment, and services plus suggestions for a safe and friendly
workplace. Case vignettes describing accommodations for employees
with disabilities are an added feature of this special volume.
Includes e-mail addresses and Internet resources.

Fourth edition 2004 ISBN 0-929718-34-8

$46.95 plus shipping and handling

"...recommended for public libraries and for
academic libraries..." Choice

"..this book is unique...an important acquisition..."
American
Reference Books Annual

Written by ophthalmologists, rehabilitation professionals,
a physician who has experienced vision loss, and a sociologist, this book
discusses how various professionals can work together to provide coordinated
care for people with vision loss.

Chapters include:

Vision Loss: A Patient's Perspective

Vision Loss: An Ophthalmologist's Perspective

Operating a Low Vision Aids Service

The Need for Coordinated Care

Making Referrals for Rehabilitation Services

Mental Health Services: The Missing Link

Self-Help Groups for People with Sight Loss

Aids and Techniques that Help People with Vision Loss

plus a Glossary.

1989 ISBN 0-929718-02-X

$19.95 plus shipping and handling

"an excellent overview of the perspectives and
clinical services that facilitate rehabilitation."
Archives of Ophthalmology

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The Mental Health Resource Guide
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Making Wise Medical Decisions: How to Get

the Information You Need
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Resources for People with Disabilities

and Chronic Conditions
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A Woman's Guide to Coping with Disability
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A Man's Guide to Coping with Disability
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Resources for Elders with Disabilities
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Living with Low Vision: A Resource Guide
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Meeting the Needs of Employees

with
Disabilities
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Providing Services for People with Vision Loss
__ X 19.95 _____

Meeting the Needs of People with Vision Loss
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